Former Pittsburgh Public Schools Officer Robert Lellock, convicted of sexually assaulting four boys, was sentenced to 32 to 64 years in prison.

Former Pittsburgh Public Schools Officer Robert Lellock, convicted of sexually assaulting four boys, was sentenced to 32 to 64 years in prison.

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Updated: 6:28 PM EDT Oct 22, 2013

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WEBVTT 3 He'll likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. A former Pittsburgh Public Schools Officer-- convicted--- of sexually assaulting four boys. Action News Shannon Perrine was at the courtroom when the final sentence came down. 3 Shannon Perrine/Allegheny Co Courthouse 1448 8:02-8:13 "Robert Lellock's defense attorney argued that he should not be classified as a sexually violent predator when he gets out of prison. All of that is a moot point, because he will likely spend the rest of his days there."TRACK: ATTACKED BY A MAN WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THEM - A POLICE OFFICER. IN A PLACE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE - SCHOOL. SHAWN LOGAN GOT CAUGHT WITH A KNIFE AT ROONEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AFTER OFFICER ROBERT LELLOCK SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HIM.Shawn Logan/Victim 1446 6:38-52 "he had a uniform on, nobody was going to believe me, but, if I did tell somebody because he's the law, I really had thoughts of hurting him with this knife, because of what he was doing to me, I was actually relieved when I got caught with the knife and I got expelled from the school."TRACK: RELIEF BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL WHERE LELLOCK WORKED.A SENTENCE OF 32 TO 64 YEARS IS LONG - PERHAPS BECAUSE LELLOCK WAS A POLICE OFFICER.Patrick Schulte 145 @ 3:43-3:52 "I've worked with good men and good women who have died in that uniform, he used that uniform in this case as a weapon."Tim Kidd/Defense Attorney 1443 @ :16-:20 "it's a long sentence, it's not the maximum but, it's a long sentence, it's healthy, it's a life sentence."TRACK: FIVE VICTIMS - ALL 13 TO 15 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME - SAID ROBERT LELLOCK SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THEM AT SCHOOL. THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. IT WAS PURELY THE WORDS OF THOSE VICTIMS - ONE HAS SINCE DIED - ONE SPENT TIME IN JAIL - THAT PUT LELLOCK HIMSELF BEHIND BARS FOR A LONG TIME.Patrick Schulte/Assistant District Attorney 1445 @ 2:54-3:04 "he perpetrated a cycle of fear, shame, and humiliation on these kids and the fact that they were able to break that and come forward, I can't give them enough credit."Shawn Logan/Victim 1446 @ 4:50-5:01 "I feel relief, I feel closure, I felt rage all these years. The verdict I felt closure, but, I feel more closure now, knowing he's away and he can't do this to anybody else."TRACK: SHAWN LOGAN KNOWS HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO REPORT THIS KIND OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. HE ENCOURAGES OTHER VICTIMS OUT THERE TO BE COURAGEOUS AND COME FORWARD. AT THE ALLEGHENY COURTHOUSE I'M SHANNON PERRINE CHANNEL FOUR 3